Thiruvathirai KaliWe celebrate Thiruvathirai the birthday of Lord Shiva.It is also called Arudra Darshanam.This is an important festival for young girls. Early morning we take bath and go to the Shiva temple and worship lord Shiva.Prepare Kali and Talakam do puja with naivedyam and arathi..Keralites celebrate with dance and feast.

Ingredients

Raw rice .................................2 cups

Jaggery .................................. 2cups

Cardamom(Elaichi powder)..... half tsp

Grated coconut....................... half cup

Ghee ......................................2 tsp

Water......................................4cups

Method

Soak the rice for an hour.

Dry it by spreading them on a white cloth and roast the rice in a simmer flame until it turns light red colour. Powder it into coarsely when it cools down .

Heat a pan with water, add powdered jaggery.

When it boils add the rice powder .

Add cardamom powder and coconut, mix it well

Talagam KozhambuIngredients

Potato.....................................................1

Chenai(yam)............................................50 gms

Cheppangkizhangu(Colacassia Roots) ........6

Avarakkai................................................50gms

White Pumpkin.........................................50gms

Yellow Pumpkin.......................................100gms

Sweet Potato ..........................................2

Drumstick...............................................1

Vendakkai/Okra......................................50gms

Carrot.....................................................1

Tamarind.................................................1 lemon size

Powdered Jaggery....................................3 tsp

Mustard Seeds.........................................1tsp

Urad Dhal.................................................2 tsp

Salt to tasteMethodMasala

Red Chilli......... .............6

Urad Dhal.....................3 tsp

Tur Dhal........................3 tsp

Raw Rice.......................3 tsp

Chana Dhal(Spiltgram)...3 tsp

Sesame Seeds ..............2 tsp

Grated Coconut.............1cup

Curry Leaves.................few

Oil ..............................3tsp

Fry the above ingredients with oil till they become red in colour.

Roast the sesame seeds with out oil.

Grind all together into a thick paste.

Method

Cut the vegetables into big pieces. Soak the tamarind in water and remove the tamarind juice.

Boil the vegetables with tamarind water, turmeric powder and salt.

When the vegetables are cooked add the ground paste , jaggery and mix well.

Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, urad dhal and when it turns red add to the kozhambu.

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